Airtable lists 24 features. How many does your team use?

Airtable is a platform, so a custom app can replace the core database, forms, and views, but not its hosted AI models, integration ecosystem, or enterprise compliance certifications.

Databases and data modeling

• Relational databases
  Model business data as linked, relational tables.
• CSV import and export
  Bring data in and out of tables as files.
• Large record scale (HyperDB)
  Work with very large record counts, up to hundreds of millions.
  Simplified version. Custom Postgres can handle large tables but not Airtable's exact HyperDB engine at that scale.

Interfaces and views

• Custom interfaces and dashboards
  Build tailored screens, forms, and dashboards per team.
• Grid, kanban, calendar views
  View records as grids, boards, or calendars.
• Reporting and charts
  Measure and share insights with charts and reports.

Automations and agents

• Trigger-based automations
  Run deterministic actions when records change.
• Generative AI logic in workflows
  Use AI models inside automations and fields.
  Needs an outside service: OpenAI or Anthropic API. Requires paid AI model provider API access.
• AI agents across records
  Agents that act on records and orchestrate actions.
  Needs an outside service: OpenAI or Anthropic API. Simpler agent loops are buildable; enterprise-scale agent orchestration is not.

AI app building

• Conversational app generation
  Describe an app in plain language and generate it.
  Needs an outside service: OpenAI or Anthropic API. Achievable as a chat-to-schema builder; not Airtable's exact Omni product.

Governance and security

• Roles and permissions
  Admin roles and fine-grained access control.
• Audit logs
  Record who did what and when.
• SSO and IDP group sync
  Enterprise single sign-on and directory group sync.
  Needs an outside service: WorkOS. Standard sign-in is buildable; enterprise SSO needs an identity provider.
• ISO, HIPAA, SOC 2 certification
  Compliance certifications held by Airtable.
  We can't build this. Certifications require an audited organisation; we cannot provide them.

Portals and sharing

• Guest portals
  Share views with users outside the organization.
  Needs an outside service: Resend. Invitation emails need a transactional email service.
• Public forms and pages
  Collect submissions from outside users.

Templates and app library

• Templates
  Start from prebuilt app structures.
• Shared app library
  Package apps for reuse across an org.

Integrations and surfaces

• Slack messaging
  Post and receive messages in Slack.
• Google Calendar and Outlook sync
  Sync calendar events with Google or Outlook.
  Needs an outside service: Google Calendar and Microsoft Graph APIs + Gmail API and Microsoft Graph.
• Gmail inbox sync
  Two-way sync with a Gmail mailbox.
  Needs an outside service: Gmail API and Microsoft Graph. One-way email capture is buildable; full two-way mailbox sync is complex.
• Stripe payments
  Take payments inside workflows.
  Needs an outside service: Stripe.

Developer and mobile access

• REST API
  Read and write records programmatically.
• Desktop and mobile apps
  Native Airtable apps for desktop and phones.

What you’d bring

We write all the code. These features only work on outside services, and those accounts are yours to open and pay for directly.

What we can’t build

• ISO, HIPAA, SOC 2 certification. Certifications require an audited organisation; we cannot provide them.

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